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Siavash Sameni 12348ebb80 docs(issues): mark ISSUE-001 and ISSUE-002 resolved, update index
Both dispute privilege-escalation issues fixed in backend disputeRoutes.ts.
Index updated: 51 open (12 critical), 2 resolved.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-30 18:48:04 +04:00

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issue, title, severity, domain, labels, status, resolved, fix, created, source
issue title severity domain labels status resolved fix created source
002 POST /api/disputes/:id/assign has no role guard — any user can self-assign as admin critical Dispute
security
bug
backend
privilege-escalation
resolved 2026-05-29 Added authorizeRoles('admin') middleware to POST /:id/assign in backend/src/routes/disputeRoutes.ts 2026-05-29 Doc vs Code Audit 2026-05-29

🔴 POST /api/disputes/:id/assign has no role guard — any user can self-assign as admin

Severity: critical Domain: Dispute Labels: security, bug, backend, privilege-escalation

Description

The POST /api/disputes/:id/assign endpoint registers only authenticateToken. Any authenticated user can assign themselves or anyone else as the admin handler for a dispute. The admin check is absent at both the middleware and controller level.

Current Behavior

Any authenticated buyer or seller can call POST /api/disputes/:id/assign and become the assigned admin for the dispute.

Expected Behavior

Return 403 for non-admin tokens. Apply authorizeRoles('admin') at the route level.

Affected Files

  • backend/src/routes/disputeRoutes.ts
  • backend/src/controllers/disputeController.ts

References